Reply #215: Hey Traveller, question for ya. [View All]

First off, I agree, for the most part, with the bulk of what you've said in this thread. However, I'd like to take you up on your offer. Physics is something I'm very interested in, but know very little about. You say that there are conditions that would render any theory available now as useless. How about the big daddy, relativity? Once again, I know very little of physics. I know relativity states that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared. I understand all the coefficients in this equation, but very little of how they relate to eachother (aside from a mathematical view, IE as energy increases, so must mass given the speed of light as a constant, but once again, I don't know what that really means). So, can you tell me circumstances under which E=MC^2 would be useless? I'd imagine it might be a complex explanation, but I'm interested if you have the time. Thanks in advance.